All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 165 Eighth-Rank Divine Power! Mu Renjie Appears! (Two Chapters Combined)

"Is he really a rogue cultivator?"

Zhou Qing skillfully searched the corpses, and surprisingly, two of the three did not have any storage treasures such as leather pouches or Gu gu on them.

The three of them only had six thousand taels of silver in total.

The most valuable item was the throwing knife in the old man's green robe, which would become semi-transparent after being infused with true energy.

Unfortunately, the throwing knife is not a divine weapon; it can only be considered a conventional weapon of good quality.

Besides that, the most valuable items were the secret manuals the three of them carried.

The hidden Bone Refinement Realm martial artist, skilled in archery, possessed a leather pouch gu and was somewhat wealthy. The leather pouch gu contained a complete archery manual, and the bow and arrows he carried were of superior quality.

All the treasures the three of them possessed, including the secret manuals, amounted to no more than 15,000 taels of silver.

"Sigh," Zhou Qing sighed.

As fellow Bone Refining Realm martial artists, the life of a rogue cultivator is truly difficult; the three of them together cannot even afford half a decent divine weapon.

And yet, he tries to rob people like others.

"They are all Bone Refining Realm Martial Masters after all, so let's not waste them." Zhou Qing put the three of them into his storage space and let the Gu worms devour their blood and qi.

After all, they are martial artists at the Bone Refining Realm, and even in the county town, they are considered experts. They are not easy to find. It is rare for three to come to their door, so their vital energy cannot be wasted.

After the three people's vital energy was completely devoured by the Gu worms and their corpses turned into dried corpses, Zhou Qing nodded in satisfaction, feeling a sense of contentment like watching a small pet eat.

Hissing sounds.
He skillfully poured the dissolving liquid onto the mummified corpse, watching the pus slowly seep into the ground.

Under Tiger Eagle's patrol, there were no other martial artists nearby. After dealing with the corpse, Zhou Qing walked out of the forest and traveled under the cover of night.

That evening, he rushed back to Ping'an County, returned to his residence in the outer city, and had a good night's sleep.

He slept straight through until the afternoon of the next day. Afterward, Zhou Qing went to the Zhao Clan Trading Company to auction off the secret manuals he had obtained from the three Bone Refining Realm martial artists.

With the auction date set for noon two weeks later, Zhou Qing left the county town.

Before returning to Heishan Town, he first entered Heifeng Mountain.

Upon entering the territory of Black Wind Mountain, outside the mulberry grove at the foot of the mountain, stands a temple with the three large characters "Mountain God Temple" inscribed on its plaque.

"Has a temple already been built?" Zhou Qing was slightly taken aback and walked towards the mountain god temple.

When Zhou Qing arrived at the main gate, the interior was immediately apparent. The entire temple was less than fifty square meters in size, but though small, it had everything one needed.

In the center of the stone platform stands a life-size statue of a deity, carved from stone and coated with a layer of copper lacquer.

The statue is tall and solemn, exuding an aura of majesty, which fits the common stereotype of deities.

To the left of the deity stands a majestic stone eagle, its wings outstretched as if about to take flight.

To the right of the statue of the god is a fox statue about a foot tall, whose face is not as seductive as that of an ordinary fox, but rather has a dignified and composed feel.

"Tiger Eagle and Ruyan... So, the one in the middle must be me," Zhou Qing pondered to himself.

In the middle of the temple, there were rows of prayer cushions, and many people were kneeling on them, devoutly offering incense.

From Zhou Qing's perspective, faint golden light emanated from the heads of these people, some weak, some bright, and eventually merged with the smoke from the incense sticks in their hands, drifting together toward the three stone statues.

The central statue took away most of the space, while the remaining two statues shared the remaining small portion.

As Zhou Qing stepped into the temple, he immediately felt a connection with the statue in the center, and a powerful divine force surged from the statue.

The next moment, he discovered that the face of the statue had transformed into his own, and the entire bronze-plated statue radiated a dazzling golden light, as if tangible divine power was surging from within the statue.

"How could he accumulate so much divine power in such a short time?!" Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

A great deal of divine power entered his body from within the statue.

Your divine power has been increased! Divine power +1000

Your divine power has been increased! Divine power +1000

Your divine power has been increased! Divine power +1000

"Look at what the Mountain God looks like!"

"The Black Wind Mountain God has appeared!"

"Mountain God! Believers!"

At this moment, the mountain people who were kneeling and burning incense suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon. In their view, the statue of the mountain god shone with golden light, and its face became blurred, as if it had come to life.

The mountain people were overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly, some even expressing their wishes on the spot.

"Look! The fox spirit has appeared!"

The next moment, someone was surprised to find that the 'fox spirit' statue squatting to the right of the mountain god had turned into a prostrate posture, as if it was kneeling and bowing in a certain direction.

Your subordinate greets Your Majesty.

No need for formalities.

From Zhou Qing's perspective, the fox statue transformed into Ru Yan's face. In such a short time, her divine power had greatly increased, and she was now able to entrust her divine power to the statue.

Clearly, during the five months Zhou Qing was away, the spread of faith not only did not suffer, but made great progress.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days. You've done a great job." Zhou Qing nodded.

"These are all things I should do. I am currently in Huanglong Mountain. Please wait a moment, my lord, I will come to see you soon." Ruyan's expression was respectful, and her tone carried a hint of joy.

Since following Zhou Qing, her cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds, and she now already possesses some of the aura of a true god.

"There's no rush. You can come later after you've finished your own business."

Zhou Qing smiled. Ru Yan had clearly put in a lot of effort to increase her divine power so much in such a short time.

"Thank you, Lord. I will finish processing the wishes of the believers by the day after tomorrow at the latest, and then I will immediately go to Black Wind Mountain to pay my respects," Ruyan said solemnly.

"Hmm." Zhou Qing nodded, his attention already diverted to the words that had appeared in his field of vision.

【Occupation: Mountain God (Black Wind Mountain)】

[Divine Power: Rank 9 (154800/100000)]

Your divine power has exceeded the upper limit of a ninth-rank divine position.

[First, he received an official imperial decree and was promoted to the eighth rank of Mountain God. His fate was intertwined with that of the court; their fortunes were intertwined, one prospering and the other suffering.]

[II. To forge a divine golden body and gather the power of will, one must advance to the eighth rank of Mountain God. Damage to this divine golden body will severely impact one's strength. Only by gaining the favor of the will of a wider range of mountains, rivers, and lakes can one continue to advance.]

"So much?!" Zhou Qing knew that he had accumulated a lot of divine power during this period, but he did not expect so much, which had exceeded the upper limit of the ninth-grade divine office.

"Accept an imperial decree? Wouldn't that make me a beggar on my knees?"

Zhou Qing dismissed the idea of ​​accepting an imperial decree without even considering it.

The Great Jin Dynasty has been established for nearly a thousand years and is already showing signs of decline. Although a thousand-year-old aristocratic family must have a high-level expert to suppress its fortune, Zhou Qing does not want to hand over his fate to others.

Even though clergy is not his main profession, he doesn't want to be controlled by others in this area in the future.

In contrast, his only option was to rely on himself.

The golden body that I created with divine power is my own problem to suffer, and has nothing to do with others.

"It seems the core issue still lies in establishing the temple." Zhou Qing pondered to himself. Only by obtaining a large amount of wish power can it be transformed into divine power to condense a golden body and advance further.

After thinking this through, Zhou Qing left the mountain god temple.

The statue that had previously performed miracles was restored to normal.

Zhou Qing climbed halfway up Black Wind Mountain. After entering the mountain, the divine power within his body seemed to become more active. "Judging from the total amount of divine power alone, it feels like it has already exceeded the scope of the Bone Refining Realm."

After Zhou Qing felt the amount of divine power within his body surge, he felt omnipotent in the Black Wind Mountain region.

boom!
Zhou Qing struck out with his palm, his divine power rapidly condensing into a huge palm print, a full ten feet in diameter, which instantly struck a boulder more than ten meters away.

The massive rock, as solid as metal, exploded with a deafening roar, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.

"While there has been no significant improvement in quality, the quantity has increased substantially, resulting in a substantial overall increase in power!"

Zhou Qing sensed the power of the divine force and discovered the problem.

It seems that there must be another way to use divine power.

Unfortunately, although his total divine power exceeded the scope of a ninth-rank divine office, his divine office itself did not reach the eighth rank, so he did not awaken the corresponding method of using divine power and could not unleash the true power of such a massive amount of divine power.

Of course, based on this exaggerated number alone, he felt that a Bone Refining Realm cultivator would definitely not be able to withstand it, but dealing with an ordinary Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master should not be a problem.

However, it remains to be seen how effective it will be against experts in the Blood Exchange Realm.

Whoosh!
Zhou Qing stretched out his finger and pointed at the sapling in front of him.

Wow~
The sapling, which was originally only half a person tall, began to tremble violently and grew taller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just over ten breaths, the sapling grew into a large tree over ten feet tall and as thick as a bowl.

If Zhou Qing is willing, he can let the tree continue to grow.

However, this tree is not a rare or precious herb, and its continued growth would not be of much value.

Unless a tree is hundreds of years old and becomes a spiritual tree, it is just ordinary wood.

Unfortunately, ordinary spirit wood was not of much use to Zhou Qing.

Previously, his divine power allowed him to accelerate the ripening of plants and heal plant damage. Now that his divine power has greatly increased, this ability has also been enhanced, but there has been no qualitative change.

If he wanted to accelerate the ripening of spiritual herbs and precious medicines, the way he was using his divine power now would waste a lot of divine power, which would be a losing proposition.

"It seems that I still need to form a golden body before I can truly unleash the power of my divine strength."

Zhou Qing felt a little regretful, but being able to elevate his divine status to a level comparable to an ordinary Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master was still an unexpected joy, and everything was developing in a positive direction.

"I wonder if this can speed up the gathering of the Earthly Fiend Qi."

Zhou Qing suddenly remembered that his divine power had greatly increased, and his control over Black Wind Mountain had been further enhanced.

By leveraging the natural wood-evil land of Black Wind Mountain to enhance the power of a Wood Spirit Corpse, the process should also be accelerated under the influence of divine power.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing headed towards the valley where the peach blossom forest was located.

However, just as Zhou Qing passed the Wine Immortal Temple halfway up the mountain, a mysterious voice seemed to appear in his mind.

"Could it be"

Zhou Qing paused, looked at the still dilapidated Wine Immortal Temple, hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the temple.

The statue of the Grand Marshal of Wine, covered in spiderwebs, now radiated a dim divine light from his perspective. This light flickered like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

However, the quality of this divine power was indeed extremely high; Zhou Qing's divine power could not match it in the same quantity.

As a proper mountain god, Zhou Qing has an extremely keen sense of divine power.

The divine rank of this Grand Marshal of the Wine Immortal is probably much higher than he imagined.

'Zhou Qing, believer! Do you know your sin?!'

At this moment, a dignified human face suddenly appeared on the statue of the Wine Immortal, its eyes fixed on Zhou Qing.

An overwhelming aura swept over him, causing Zhou Qing's body to stiffen and his legs to go weak.

Subconsciously, it was as if a voice was telling him that as long as he knelt down and surrendered, he would no longer feel pressure and would even receive unexpected benefits.

"Hmph!" Feeling his body bending and kneeling uncontrollably, Zhou Qing snorted coldly, and a powerful force surged from his body.

The muffled sound quickly echoed through the Wine Immortal Temple, and the terrifying pressure from before vanished without a trace.

His eyes were fixed on the statue of the Wine God, with a faint golden light gleaming in his eyes.

"You are a true god, and so am I! What sin have I committed? Why should I submit to you?!"

Zhou Qing stood tall and looked directly at the statue of the Wine Immortal.

At this moment, a grand voice seemed to come from beyond the heavens, resounding deep within Zhou Qing's heart.

"Have you forgotten my previous protection? You promised to restore my golden body? Are you trying to go back on your word?!"

Zhou Qing said coldly, "Your protection? It's nothing more than a way to make me your servant, to be at your mercy."

Besides, I've offered you plenty of incense and offerings before; our relationship is mutually beneficial.

As for recasting the golden statue, I don't even know how to cast my own; you'll have to wait a bit longer for yours.

He believed he owed the wine connoisseur nothing.

"In that case, I will teach you the Eighth Grade God Worship Method to help you create a golden body." The grand voice rang out again.

"Is this true?" Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened. "What do I have to give in return?"

"You will move my statue to the mountain god's temple and share the incense offerings equally. After a year, I will teach you the method to create a golden body," the Wine Immortal stated his conditions.

"Splitting it equally? And for another year? You're dreaming!"

Zhou Qing frowned and refused on the spot.

"Without the Eighth-Rank God Worship Method, you have absolutely no chance of advancing to the Eighth-Rank Godhood. Have you thought this through?" the Wine Immortal said in a deep voice.

"I can still advance even without the worship of gods! If I can't advance, then so be it!"

Zhou Qing was full of confidence and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" As soon as Zhou Qing stepped out of the Wine Immortal Temple, the Wine Immortal spoke up to stop him.

"We will share the incense offerings equally for half a year."

“Seven to three! I’ll provide you with seven and you three. I’ll supply you with incense for a year, but one month from now, you must immediately teach me the eighth-grade worship method!” Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.

The Wine Immortal remained silent.

Zhou Qing didn't say anything more and turned to leave the Wine Immortal Temple.

'make a deal.'

Just as he was about to reach the valley, the faint voice of the Wine Immortal echoed in his mind.

Zhou Qing smirked and entered the peach blossom forest, releasing the Wood Spirit Corpse.

However, before he could place the corpse of the Wood Spirit into the valley, his perspective suddenly changed.

This is the tiger eagle sharing its sight and sound with him.

"Huh?!" Zhou Qing's expression changed drastically at what he saw.

A middle-aged man dressed in a green robe and with a refined appearance was seen running towards the valley at an extremely fast speed.

"Mu Renjie? It's him?!"

Zhou Qing never expected that Mu Renjie would arrive so soon after he entered Black Wind Mountain.

"What's going on?" Zhou Qing's mind raced.
(End of this chapter)